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    Birthday: A Novel
    Birthday: A Novel
    Birthday: A Novel
    Audiobook7 hours

    Birthday: A Novel

    Written by Meredith Russo

    Narrated by Dana Aliya Levinson

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    "An emotional, winning touchdown." — Kirkus

    This program includes a bonus interview with the author.

    Two best friends. A shared birthday. Six years...

    ERIC: There was the day we were born. There was the minute Morgan and I decided we were best friends for life. The years where we stuck by each other’s side—as Morgan’s mom died, as he moved across town, as I joined the football team, as my parents started fighting. But sometimes I worry that Morgan and I won’t be best friends forever. That there’ll be a day, a minute, a second, where it all falls apart and there’s no turning back the clock.

    MORGAN: I know that every birthday should feel like a new beginning, but I’m trapped in this mixed-up body, in this wrong life, in Nowheresville, Tennessee, on repeat. With a dad who cares about his football team more than me, a mom I miss more than anything, and a best friend who can never know my biggest secret. Maybe one day I’ll be ready to become the person I am inside. To become her. To tell the world. To tell Eric. But when?

    Six years of birthdays reveal Eric and Morgan’s destiny as they come together, drift apart, fall in love, and discover who they’re meant to be—and if they’re meant to be together. From the award-winning author of If I Was Your Girl, Meredith Russo, comes a heart-wrenching and universal story of identity, first love, and fate.

    Praise for Birthday:

    "In addition to being exquisitely written, BIRTHDAY showcases the best of YA: Its ability to instill empathy in readers. Written by a trans author, BIRTHDAY gives an essential perspective into the trans experience." — Refinery29

    Editor's Note

    Happy birthday…

    From the award-winning author of “If I Was Your Girl,” this book follows two teens in a small Tennessee town struggling with their queer identities and growing romantic feelings for one another. Even as circumstances threaten to pull them apart, childhood friends Eric and Morgan always reconnect on their shared birthday.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMay 21, 2019
    ISBN9781250317063
    Author

    Meredith Russo

    MEREDITH RUSSO was born, raised, and lives in Tennessee. She started living as her true self in late 2013 and never looked back. If I Was Your Girl was partially inspired by her experiences as a trans woman. Like Amanda, Meredith is a gigantic nerd who spends a lot of her time obsessing over video games and Star Wars.

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    • 5/5
      It’s a book so beautiful, I cried. It’s a love story all around, not just romantic love, family love, friend love, self love. There’s contente warning for depression, suicide and abuse. It’s not an easy story to read, there were moments that it hurt to read but there were also beautiful, tender moments. The main characters are wonderful and so human, the families were amazing and positive, with an exception.

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    • 5/5
      Great YA book that touches on trans issues in a multitude of angles. As a more mature reader I especially valued the discussion with the author at the end.
    • 3/5
      loved the narrator and the ending of the story, I guess we all deserve our happy ending..
    • 5/5
      Phenomenal novel, beautifully written, I was hooked from the beginning and so swept away by the story that I finished the entire audiobook in one day
    • 3/5
      El libro está bueno. La entrevista con la autora súper innecesaria.
    • 5/5
      I don't often write reviews, but this book was amazing. I cried, I laughed, and I fell in love with these characters. Even though I am a straight woman, I could relate to several scenes and I think that is what touched me so much about this book. Please read it.
    • 5/5
      Powerful and heartbreaking . i cryed at so many points and hurt for them but so happy with how the book ended .